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All Indian final in North of Scotland Open tournament ... Mahesh scored an impressive upset win over upcoming young Britisher Richie Fallows in four games ... After losing the first game Mahesh fought back for winning next three ... After closely fought first 3 games, Richie was tired in the fourth.

Vikram also entered into the final beating Malaysian Eain Yow Ng in four games.

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

[R1] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Israr Ahmed (PAK,104) 14-12, 12-14, 11-2, 11-4 (50m)
[R1] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (Q) Tristan Eysele (RSA,148) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (32m)

[QF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (6) Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL,92) 11-6, 11-3, 4-11, 11-6 (58m)
[QF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (5) Evan Williams (NZL,82) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8 (27m)

[SF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (1) Richie Fallows (ENG,62) 10-12, 11-8, 13-11, 11-3 (70m)
[SF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (7) Eain Yow Ng (MAS,97) 11-4, 11-7, 6-11, 11-2 (58m)

Vikram became a winner in all Indian final at North of Scotland Open tournament ... Vikram scored an impressive comeback win over Mahesh, he was 1-2 games down and also saved match ball before making comeback for winning in the fifth game.

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

Singles Final
(2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) 3-11 11-8 6-11 13-11 11-4 (66m)

Harinder Pal Singh lifted his 6th PSA title but 1st outside India on Malaysian tour ... In the final, he defeated Henry Leung convincingly.

At $5K Men's Malaysian Tour No9 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] (8) Ravi Dixit (IND,180) bt (Q) Muhammad Shoaib Hassan (PAK,315) 3-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 (40m)
[R1] (2) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,89) bt (Q) Darren Rahul Pragasam (MAS,382) 8-11, 11-3, 15-13, 11-1 (45m)

[R1] (2) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,89) bt (8) Ravi Dixit (IND,180) 11-4, 11-8, 11-3 (27m)

[R1] (2) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,89) bt (4) Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS,105) 11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-4 (66m)

[R1] (2) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,89) bt Henry Leung (HKG,161) 11-0, 11-6, 11-7 (30m)

Ramit Tandon won the $5K title in the US beating another Indian Kush Kumar in the final ... Ramit has joined US college so last few years he participated in very few tournaments ... Here, he won all his matches convincingly as a qualifier for lifting his 1st PSA title.

At $5K Men's SYS Open 2017, Southampton, New York, USA

[R1] (3) Kush Kumar (IND,165) bt Timothy Lasusa (USA,280) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8
[R1] (Q) Ramit Tandon (IND,493) bt (6) Scott Young (ENG,279) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2

[QF] (3) Kush Kumar (IND,165) bt Spencer Lovejoy (USA,339) 11-4, 8-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9 (75m)
[QF] (Q) Ramit Tandon (IND,493) bt (4) Noah Browne (BER,231) 11-2, 11-2, 11-8 (38m)

[SF] (3) Kush Kumar (IND,165) bt (Q) Timothy Brownell (USA,452) 14-12, 11-5, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7 (63m)
[SF] (Q) Ramit Tandon (IND,493) bt (2) Clinton Leeuw (RSA,143) 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 (32m)

[F] (Q) Ramit Tandon (IND,493) bt (3) Kush Kumar (IND,165) 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 (31m)

I hope some of these guys move to the next level (top 50) in the near future.

Mahesh lost in the final of New Zealand International against his Scottish opponent.

At $10K New Zealand International Classic 2017, Palmerston North

[R1] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,79) bt Joe Green (ENG,106) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6
[QF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,79) bt Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS,99) 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4
[SF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,79) bt Eain Yow Ng (MAS,88) 7-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (48m)

[F] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,79) l (3) Greg Lobban (SCO,67) 8-11, 13-15, 6-11 (44m)

Mahesh lost a close match against top-50 Malaysian Ivan Yuen ... After losing the 1st two games Mahesh tried fightback winning next two ... But Ivan raised his game in crucial point for winning this match.

At $15K NZ Southern Open 2017, Invercargill, New Zealand

[R1] (6) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,79) bt (Q) Chris van der Salm (NZL,UNR) 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 (38m)

[QF] (6) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,79) l (1) Ivan Yuen (MAS,42) 12-14, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 9-11 (87m)

Vikram and Mahesh qualified for the main-draw but both r facing tough matches in the first round ... Both playing against top-25 Egyptian players.

At $25K Men's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[Q1] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) bt Arnold Phatraprasit (THA,358) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3 (19m)
[Q1] (2) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) bt Tang Ming Hong (HKG,120) 11-3, 11-8, 11-5 (30m)

[Q2] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) bt Evan Williams (NZL,85) 11-9, 11-6, 3-11, 11-3 (40m)
[Q2] (2) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) bt Lau Tsz Kwan (HKG,127) 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3 (41m)

[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) vs (1) Zahed Mohamed (EGY,20)
[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) vs (3) Omar Mosaad (EGY,25)

Huge upset win by Vikram against Egyptian top-seed and WR #20 Zahed Mohamed in four games ... This is really good win and next, he is facing local 7th seed Leo Au ... Mahesh also gave fighting performance against former WR #3 Egyptian Omar Mosaad in his loss.

At $25K Men's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) bt (1) Zahed Mohamed (EGY,20) 13-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8 (46m)
[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) l (3) Omar Mosaad (EGY,25) 3-11, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11 (48m)

[QF] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) vs (7) Leo Au (HKG,34)

Vikram failed to build on his yesterday's upset win and lost in straight games against a local player.

At $25K Men's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[QF] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) l (7) Leo Au (HKG,34) 8-11, 7-11, 8-11 (38m)

Harry won the 5th consecutive PSA title of the year ... On the Malaysian tour, he scored five games win over a local player for winning the title.



At $5K Men's Malaysian Tour 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] (1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) bt (WC) Ong Sai Hung (MAS,422) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4 (18m)
[R1] (Q) Ramit Tandon (IND,276) bt (7) Ravi Dixit (IND,189) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 (21m)

[QF] (1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) bt (Q) Ramit Tandon (IND,276) 12-10, 12-10, 11-8 (40m)
[SF] (1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) bt (Q) Darren Rahul Pragasam (MAS,355) 11-1, 11-8, 11-8 (23m)

Final
(1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) bt (2) Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS,97) 11-8, 10-12, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6 (57m)

A terrific run of young Abhay Singh ended in the final ... He qualified for the main-draw and then scored upset wins including 4th seed and top-seed players ... In the semis, he defeated top-seed Aussie after losing the first 2 games ... But that long match took a toll on him and he struggled in the final ... Still, great result for Abhay Singh.

At $5K Men's North Coast Open 2017, New South Wales, Australia

[R1] (Q) Abhay Singh (IND,426) bt (4) Ben Grindrod (NZL,139) 11-9, 12-10, 11-6 (36m)
[QF] (Q) Abhay Singh (IND,426) bt Solayman Nowrozi (AUS,217) 12-10, 11-2, 11-4 (29m)
[SF] (Q) Abhay Singh (IND,426) bt (1) Rhys Dowling (AUS,118) 6-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 (53m)

Final
(Q) Abhay Singh (IND,426) l (3) Dimitri Steinmann (SUI,129) 5-11, 1-11, 5-11 (29m)

Harry qualified for the main-draw with two straight games win ... In the qualifying, young Abhay Singh also scored a good win over top-100 Hong Kong player ... In the main-draw, Harry is facing former WR #3 Omar Mosaad.

At $50K Men's Macau Open 2017, Taipa, Macau

[Q1] Abhay Singh (IND) bt Wong Chi Him (HKG,88) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 (36m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) bt Manuel Chan de Oliveira (MAC,514) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2 (17m)

[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) bt Abhay Singh (IND,426) 11-6, 11-6, 12-10 (35m)

[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) vs (5) Omar Mosaad (EGY,25)

Harry managed to win a point in the first game but after that, he showed fighting performance against Omar Mosaad and won two games from next three ... But he failed to keep the same level of performance in the fifth which Omar Mosaad won comfortably.

At $50K Men's Macau Open 2017, Taipa, Macau

[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,66) l (5) Omar Mosaad (EGY,25) 1-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 2-11 (65m)

Harry qualified for the main-draw and started with an upset win over top-50 Malaysian ... Next, he is having a tough match against Omar Mosaad.
Ramit received a wild-card and he took full advantage of it beating WR #43 Al Tamimi in the four games ... But in the quarters, he is facing top-seed Spanish Borja Golan.
Saurav started with a comfortable win and meeting Wales players, Joel Makin, in the quarters.

At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt (8) Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT,43) 11-7, 4-11, 11-4, 11-3 (45m)
[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt Joshua Masters (ENG,53) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3 (24m)
[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) bt (7) Ivan Yuen (MAS,46) 4-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-3 (51m)

[QF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) vs (1) Borja Golan (ESP,18)
[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs Joel Makin (WAL,42)
[QF] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) vs (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20)